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5• COMMENT s l VISITED AR I As EARLY YESTERDAY EVEN I NG <H. HIS -· REQUEST TO BE BRIEFED ON 00MESTt c··POL I Tt CAL DEVELOPMENTS ANO -w·A's A~KED MY VIEWS o~ APPROPRIATENES~ OF SfAfE~ENt o~ CZEt~OSLOV~KlA BY ~IM IN LI~Hr HIS -CURRENT ST~TUS~ j fo~o HIM I CONS!5E~ED i~ MOS! APPROPRIATE FOR ALL. F~E~ · woR~~ POLIT'!~AL· ~EAD~RSe . Of WH!~H ~E 
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FINiSHING T00CHE~ ON STlTE~ENf· 1Ntii 9ENfU~EP~OPi~ION TM~T WE ' ~OULD 
B~ PLEASED BY IT. AR I AS' S! ATEMtNt ~l)BL'I t ·i ZED LA !Ei 1..~sf· NrnHf .AND 
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THEREFORE CARRIED THIS MOR~ING IN ONLY ONE ' PAP~R (LA. ES:J'RELL.~J WHICH GAVE IT FRONT PAGE P~OMlNENCEe PANAMANIAN GOWT ' MAS M~OE NO stA!EMENT ON ClECHOS~QVAK~~ ~~ Y!!; 
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